Energy Use Data at Your Fingertips

This Energy Insights report summarizes key findings from the 2007 Energy Insights National Residential Online Panel In-Home Display Survey. Although the use of in-home energy display devices is still limited, utilities are increasingly interested in the potential of these devices to affect customers' energy use behavior. This report analyzes consumer interest in in-home display units and provides insight into the types of information consumers find most valuable. It also analyzes the role this type of information plays in promoting energy conservation and utility program participation.

"We consider in-home displays to be a ready technology that utilities can take advantage of to educate customers about their energy use and maximize participation rates for energy conservation and dynamic pricing programs,"says Barb Ryan, research manager, Energy Insights."Over half of our survey respondents indicated that availability of an in-home display that also allowed them to automate control of major energy-consuming devices would make them more likely to participate in dynamic pricing programs."